How to install scikit-image?

Question

Its scikit-image Download says:

pip install -U scikit-image

or

easy_install -U scikit-image

but both fail

Answer 1

It's generally a bad idea to install libraries on your system-wide Python. Use a virtualenv for each project instead.

First install virtualenv globally on your Mac:

$ [sudo] pip install virtualenv

Then use virtualenv command to create a new (a copy) of Python executable:

$ cd your/prefred/folder
$ virtualenv your_project

Activate the virtualenv:

$ source your_project/bin/activate

Your virtualenv is created and activated (the prompt is changed to show the activation). You can install anything in it:

$ pip install -U scikit-image

Answer 2

pip install scikit-image

pip install --upgrade scikit-image

to call use skimage